Improvement in buttons



To whozrrgit may concern.- v i g Beit known that I, OSCAR4 PAoDocK, of Water-` v Letters Patent No. 90,119, dated May-18, '1869.

. IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTONS.-

towu, in the county of Jefferson, and State of New York, haveinvcnted certain newand useful Improvements in Studs and Buttons; and 1 hereby declare the following to be ya full, clear, "and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying. drawings, in which- 1, Y v y Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stud or button` made inaccordance with my invention.

same.

when holding together two strips of fabric.

Myinvention'relat'es to' that class of stndsor tons in which -the article, isA formedof-t-hree parts, a

head, a shank, Aand a'holdiug-idevice madeyof astripof metalorwire,- bent 'into a spiral o r-analogous form.-

In order to use a stud or button of this kind, it is" usual to form eyeletholes in the two folds of the shirtbosom or other article to be fastened togetherthrough which the wire is passed. vThe disadvantage `attendiugthe use of ordinary devices of this kind, is that they.

can only be used with eyclet-holes, and not with but-l `ten-holes. And a further disadvantage, which they possess in common with all other studs or buttons,

consisting 0f two healsor disks, connected by*ashank,y

is 'that the two stripsof fabric betweeuthc upper and under parts of the device, are not held tightlytogether,

` and are liable to stay'apart and to allow the button or stud to work loose and become disengaged, `this being especially noticeable when ,-.buttlon-holcs are employed in lieu ofeyelct-holes.

The o'bject of this invention is to remedy these defeats, toproduce a button or stud of the kind referred to, which can be used equally well with either eyelet Y or button-holes, and whiclrat the same time will press v together the strips of fabric held by it, whether such strips be' of greater or less thickness.-

To this end my invention 'mayl'beistated to-consist i of a stud or button, in whichthejhad and shank are combined with a spring consisting'of,a scroll or spiral of wire, united with or forming 'part ofthe shank, the

vfolds of which are bont upwards, so las to lie inlthe plane of the head' of the button, or thereabouts, so that the spring shall hold the fabric with a pressure 3 up against the head of the button. v

To enable those skilled in nie .ma under-mhd 'alla use my invention, I will now proceed to, describe the y manner in which` the same is or may beyvcarried into effect, by rference to the accompanyingdxawings;

The Schedule referred to in these Letters-Patentand Part-0f thelsm Figure 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the Figure 3 is a' like viewjof the same as it appears v the head.

1 c represents the head of the stud or button, the 'under side of 'which is zuized the shank b, forming part, in this instance, of the wire-spring scroll or spiral c. y j v The shank may,4 however, be formed separately from the spring, andthe latter can be attached to it -`in any v suitable' manner. It will be -seen that the foldsof the spriuggare bent upwards, so as to lie, when in-their' .normal position, in ornearly in `the plane of the head,

as represented in fig. 2.

llhe wire, in the present case, isubent so4 as to form"- bnt one fold, butA there may be as 'lnany'foldls as de- .l sired, and it is preferable to soarrang' them that they shall extend 'up gradually towards the button-head in. a spire-conical form, the base of -tlie cone being nearest In fig. 3 the button is: represented as holding together two strips of-fabric. f'

The spring is depressed frein the position lshown in iig. 2, and therefore naturally presses upwards' against the fabric, which is thus brought `and held with con\ vsiderable force against the head of the button.

.The button, when thus constructed, can'. be used y equally wellwitheyelet or buttonholes, thevarrange ment ofthe spring serving lto retain the device in position, and in great measure to prevent it from being disengaged. As the spring is somewhat greater-iu diameter than the head, so that `it may encircle and lie i in the plane of the head, or .thereabouts, it exercises pressure upon amore extended surface, and holds4 the fabric together rxnly.- A t thehsame time, by reason of this 4constructiomitneed not be bent into so many folds as the ,ordinaryy small-coiled spring which lies un derneath' the head, and therefore the shank ofthe but# ton or stud can be made` of little length, and so as not' to protrude to anyextent from the fabric. i, i A

Having now'described my invention, and the ruau.

ner in which the saineis or maybe carried into, effect,

What I elaim,"and desire to ,secure by Letters Patent, isi l A button or? stud, having combined with lits head and shank, a' dishedvolute wire spring, arranged, withy relation to the button-head, in the manner and for the purposes set forth. I 1

, In testimony whereoiil` have signed myname to thisspeciiication, vbefore twosubscribing' witnesses.

" l OSCAR PADDOK, 

